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What is the volume when the region is revolved about the x-axis

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-The axis of rotation is horizontal, so the washer method will require us to slice vertically, implying dx.So first determine the outer radius, R. The radius is defined by the parabola,......
the region is bounded by y = 4 - x^2, the x-axis, and the y-axis.

i tried 512pi/15 and that was wrong. would it be 256pi/15? or something else?

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The axis of rotation is horizontal, so the washer method will require us to slice vertically, implying dx. Note that the limits will extend from 0 to 2:

V = ∫ A(x) dx from 0 to 2

A(x) = πR^2 - πr^2 = π(R^2 - r^2)

So first determine the outer radius, R. The radius is defined by the parabola, so R = 4 - x^2. Next determine the inner radius, r. The inner radius is defined by the line y = 0, so r = 0. Sub those in:

A(x) = π([4 - x^2]^2 - 0^2)
A(x) = π(x^4 - 8x^2 + 16)

V = π ∫ [x^4 - 8x^2 + 16] dx from 0 to 2
V = π[(1/5)x^5 - (8/3)x^3 + 16x] from 0 to 2

Now evaluate and note that the lower limit of 0 will be 0:

V = π[(1/5)(2)^5 - (8/3)(2)^3 + 16(2)]
V = (256/15)π

Done!
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